Instructor Biographies

Evanne Wang

An applications development and evaluation expert working with DuPont Nomex® paper and pressboard for the past decade. Her focused areas of expertise are evaluating the characteristics of electrical insulating materials including Electrical Insulation Systems (EIS) aging studies. She is involved with several standards bodies such as IEEE, ASTM, and UL and currently chairs IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 4 on Electrical Insulation, which oversees three standards relevant to the electrical insulation industry (IEEE 1, 98, 99). Wang received her BSEE in electrical engineering from the University of Nevada with a minor in psychology.

Solomon Chiang

Is currently the Director of R&D for the Gund Company, a are a private company with 10 manufacturing facilities in four countries and one of largest global fabricators of polymeric and composite components. Mr. Chiang holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry and has 30 years of industrial experience in the manufacturing and applications of polymeric and composite materials. He chairs the NEMA advisory technical committee on Industrial Laminates and consensus body for revision of Insulation Material standards and serves as NEMA’s technical advisor to IEC TC 15. Mr. Chiang is a member of IEEE PES and DEIS and is a voting member of the Transformer Committee. He is also a member of the Standard Technical Panel for UL1558.

Mark Winkeler

Is the Manager Application Technology at the ELANTAS PDG, Inc. formerly the P.D. George Company. He has been with the company since 1982. He is responsible for the application technology group at ELANTAS PDG, Inc. The group’s activities include customer support, agency testing and prototype processing. Mark works closely with R&D and Sales to develop innovations to assist the electrical industry. He is involved with NEMA, ASTM and IEEE DEIS.

Will Lee

Is 3M’s expert in electrical insulating tapes. Will has spent years helping electrical professionals with effective solutions. His 25 years of experience includes application, product and process development roles in the electrical and electronics fields. He currently is an Application Development Engineer supporting the electrical OEM & MRO tape and liquid resin portfolios. Will holds a BS in Engineering Technology from the University of Wisconsin – Stout.

Dr. Nancy Frost

She has been active in the electrical insulation industry for nearly three decades. She now runs Frosty’s Zap Lab, LLC, her materials R+D testing laboratory, while working for Gerome Technologies as Materials and Testing Manager. Nancy’s education includes a B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. & Ph. D. in E.E. from Clarkson University, finishing her PH.D while working for GE Research. She has given more than 100 papers and short courses in the areas of dielectric materials, aging phenomena, and testing, and is active with IEEE standards. Through her various roles, she has had the unique experience to see the points of view of materials suppliers, customers, utilities and manufacturers.